cue /ˈkju/
開端,線索,開始,長隊,髮辮(vt.)編髮辮
cue /ˈkju/ 名詞
信號,線索
cue
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Cue, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
Cue, n. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]
Note: ☞ The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion.
Hast thou worn
Gowns in the university, tossed logic,
Sucked philosophy, eat cues? --Old Play.
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Cue n.
1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. --Shak.
3. A hint or intimation.
Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. --Swift.
4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter. --Shak.
5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.]
6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
cue
n 1: an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a
reminder for some action or speech
2: evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: clue, clew]
3: a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn:
discriminative stimulus]
4: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike
a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: cue stick, pool
cue, pool stick]
v : assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
prompt, remind]